It's a funny old life

GREAVES, Jimmy

Biographies & Memoirs

Arthur Barker

The World Cup: 1930-1982

Sports & Outdoors

Giller, Norman

Soccer

Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd.

<p>Jimmy Greaves is one of the most well-known footballers to grace the English game, a goalscorer of legendary prowess. His characteristically humorous autobiography journeys from Jimmy's childhood in the East End, through his early career in the Chelsea youth team to being one of the great stars of 1960s football at Spurs, AC Milan and as an outstanding England forward. Jimmy's record as a striker is extraordinary - he was the leading goalscorer in the First Division - now Premiership - for six seasons and during his playing career was never out of the top five. There are darker aspects too - the bitter disappointment of failing to make the World Cup-winning team of 1966, and the battle against the alcoholism that followed his retirement from the game. This book is both Jimmy's story and the story of football in the golden era of the 1950s and 60s, before money changed the game. It is populated by the great players who Jimmy played with and against, and animated by anecdotes about the game. It is an account of how football was then and how it has changed.</p>

Greavsie

Little Brown Hardbacks (a & C)

Football's Great Heroes and Entertainers

Jimmy Greaves was a great entertainer and a national hero as a soccer player, and is held in equal affection as a television pundit and performer. Now Greavsie reveals the athletes and managers who have given him most entertainment and are his biggest heroes. Looking back on more than 50 years in and around the game that he loves, Greavsie has confined his star-studded assembly to players and managers of his lifetime. He dips fondly back into the days of Stanley Matthews, Tom Finney, and Len Shackleton and comes up to date with in-depth analysis of modern masters like Thierry Henry, Steven Gerrard, and Wayne Rooney. Along the way he nods in the direction of his former teammates and good pals like Bobby Moore, Dave Mackay, Billy Wright, and, of course, George Best. Soccer gods of the caliber of Pele, di Stefano, Puskas, and Maradona naturally win a place in the personal Greaves Hall of Fame. You may not agree with all his selections. But if you are a true fan you will agree that this is a book that makes you laugh and grips your attention as you take a look at some of the game's great heroes and entertainers.

Hodder&Stoughton

The autobiography of the former England footballer and well-known television presenter, Jimmy Greaves.

It's a Funny Old Life

Hodder & Stoughton General Division

James Peter 'Jimmy' Greaves is one of the greatest footballers to have graced the English game, a goalscorer of legendary prowess. His gripping and characteristically humorous autobiography journeys from Jimmy's childhood in the East End, via his early career at Chelsea and his short and troubled stay at A.C. Milan, to his emergence as one of the great stars of sixties football while at Spurs and an outstanding England forward. Jimmy's record as a striker is extraordinary - he was the leading goalscorer in the First Division - now Premiership - for six seasons and during his playing career was never out of the top five. There are darker aspects too: the bitter disappointment of failing to make the World Cup-winning team of 1966, and the battle against the alcoholism that followed his retirement from the game. This book is both Jimmy's story and the story of football in the golden era of the fifties and sixties before money changed the game. It is populated by the great players whom Jimmy played with and against and animated by wonderful anecdotes about the game. It is an account of how football was then and how it has changed.

Greavsie: The Autobiography

SPHERE

Soccer legends Ian St. John and Jimmy Greaves have joined forces to produce this hilarious review of the world of sports. Collected here are some of the funniest, most amazing, and downright craziest sporting anecdotes from all of sporting history.

Saint and Greavsie's Funny Old Games: Hilarious Stories from Britain's Best-Loved Sporting Duo

Humor & Entertainment

St. John, Ian

Humor

Little, Brown Book Group

Jimmy Greaves offers opinions and anecdotes on the eight England football managers - Walter Winterbottom, Alf Ramsey, Joe Mercer, Don Revie, Ron Greenwood, Bobby Robson, Graham Taylor and Terry Venables. He spotlights the enormous pressure each man has faced in his attempt to satisfy a nation craving success on the world stage. The personalities and performances of each manager are examined, and highlights and team line-ups of every England match since the war are included.

Don't Shoot the Manager

Pan/Macmillan

The Sixties Revisited

Football (American)

Macdonald Co.

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